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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. February 13, 2018 Leading PACs of Color Unite to Elect Progressive Candidates The AAPI Victory Fund, Emgage PAC and the Latino Victory Fund are united in supporting diverse, progressive minority candidates in the upcoming midterm elections. In this partnership, the three groups-with their own

PRESS RELEASE February 8, 2018 Emgage Action Strongly OPPOSES NOMINATION OF KEN ISAACS TO LEAD IOM Earlier this month, President Donald Trump made a controversial decision to nominate Ken Isaacs, an individual who has openly mocked Islam, as Director General of the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM). Mr.

PRESS RELEASE February 8, 2018 Burma Act (S.2060) of 2017 Passes Senate Foreign Relations Committee On February 7, 2018 Senate Bill 2060 was voted out of the Foreign Relations Committee, showing strong bipartisan support for addressing ongoing human rights violations against the Rohingya people of Burma. Since August 2017, more

Saba moved to Texas from Pakistan when she was just 11 years old and has resided in Texas ever since. Saba had originally come to the United States to visit her grandfather, a U.S. citizen, who had an established business in Fort Worth. Wanting to keep his extended family together,

Dear Friends, As the year draws to an end, and despite the numerous challenges we have faced as people of conscience, compassion, and justice, I am still filled with hope for what we can do together in the New Year. From the Muslim Ban, to undermining the middle class, to

Travel Ban On 4 December 2017, the Supreme Court allowed the third iteration of President Trump’s proposed travel ban go into full effect, affecting those from Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. Already there has been a sharp decrease in Muslim immigration, especially from the countries

Joint Appeal to the UN Security Council to Act on Burma’s Rohingya Crisis Emgage Action signs on to urge the Security Council to protect and “never again” allow atrocities in Burma In advance of the United Nations Security Council’s December 12 meeting on the situation in Burma, we, a

Emgage commends the passage of the Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017 (H.R. 1730), a bill that Emgage has supported, by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill was adopted by a vote of 402-2, and will expand coverage of federal hate crime laws protecting houses of worship to

EASTPORT, Maine — For the 15th year, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) spent July 4 marching through this town of 1,331, a short boat ride away from Canada. She walked and waved, next to marching bands and Shriner-driven lobster boats. Her constituents cheered — and then asked whether she would vote

Inequality may well be the issue of our time. But is it inequality of income we care about, or inequality of opportunity? And what is opportunity — the opportunity to do better than our parents, or better than ourselves at an earlier age, or does it mean doing better relative

As the United States confronts global warming in the decades ahead, not all states will suffer equally. Maine may benefit from milder winters. Florida, by contrast, could face major losses, as deadly heat waves flare up in the summer and rising sea levels eat away at valuable coastal properties. In

A clear majority of voters support President Donald Trump’s travel ban on visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. Polling on the travel restrictions has varied wildly since the Trump administration unveiled the first executive order on travel in late January. But after months